Urs Koenig (QL) wrote, On 16/01/09 21:53:
Hi all,
I had a deja-vu this week!
They launched the QL2 this week! No joke, it's real.
No not Sinclair this time, Asus did it. They copied all the good old
concepts and went for it.
They even sent a buddy on stage to present the mock-up to the press. Not in
London this time, they did it at the CES in Las Vegas.
Not on January 12th, not on 24th, they did it at the 6th. Do you see the
game of numbers (6,12,24...)?
OK, the thing has another name "Eee Keyboard", not "Quantum Leap"...
Many have pointed out that that is bad Physics - a quantum is about the
*smallest* leap one can make.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/asus-eee-keyboard-revealed/
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Tastatur-mit-eingebautem-Media-Center-PC--/me
ldung/121244
Do you see the similarity to the QL and its launch? A real deja-vu or what?
Do you agree that Clive looked better than the Japanese guy? ;-)
Tony, how's my English?
Excellent, especially deja-vu. That just has to be English, as it has no
accents.
Reminds me of Michel Dargaud (the father of Ben's friend when a baby)
commenting on the pronunciation of an English town - Chesham Bois
(pronounced 'boys').
He almost died of laughter when he saw a sign further on "Chesham Bois
wood".
I have to try German sometime - no you really don't want me to.
The QL similarity struck me too. The angle in the press piece I saw was
something like:
"You have heard of a PC in a monitor, but a PC in a keyboard. Now that
is something new"
It was panto time again - "Oh no it isn't".
Tony
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